Flock & ALPR Cameras in Ramsey, Minnesota
Volunteers have reported 6 automated license plate readers in and around Ramsey — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Ramsey in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 21:37 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Ramsey
The readers mapped around Ramsey break down as 6 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Ramsey County Police Department, Ramsey Police Department. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2025; the most recent in Feb 2026.
- Sunwood Drive Northwest — 2 readers
- Veterans Drive — 1 reader
- Armstrong Boulevard Northwest — 1 reader
- Ramsey Boulevard Northwest — 1 reader
- Zeolite Street Northwest — 1 reader
Ramsey MN PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Ramsey MN PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 29 other agencies.
Ramsey in the Anoka County picture
Anoka County has 137 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #810 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 367,095 residents and 2,400 road miles. By road density that is 0.06 cameras per road mile, in the top 10.8% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic. Operators named on the record: Ramsey County Police Department (4), Ramsey Police Department (2).
What’s watching Ramsey
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Ramsey — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Ramsey (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Ramsey
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Ramsey
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).